Designed for network administrators who must manage multiple locations, the F-Series provides granular controls to improve performance and security in highly-distributed organizations. With models that can fit into networks of any size, from small branch offices to large headquarters locations, the F-Series can easily scale across any number of sites. They minimize complex and costly backhauling of all traffic while providing secure connectivity across the sites. The powerful Barracuda NextGen Control Center simplifies management by providing a single pane of glass to deploy, manage and monitor firewalls across all sites.

Easily manage massive firewall deployments

Granular site-to-site connectivity

Enterprise-grade WAN optimization

Complete visibility over all revisions

Secure all your attack surfaces

What are the differences among the F-Series and X-Series firewalls?

The Barracuda NextGen Firewall F-Series is the Barracuda Firewall for the cloud era. It consolidates advanced, next-generation firewall, link balancing, and WAN Optimization technologies into one easy-to-manage appliance capable of on-premises, cloud, and virtual deployments. The F-Series allows organizations and managed services providers to securely enable remote Internet breakouts without the need to backhaul traffic. Appliance models are available from ultra-small appliances - for deployments with Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives - and small desktops for small office and home office (SOHO), all the way up to datacenter-level models. Yet all Barracuda NextGen F-Series Firewalls, regardless of deployment type or size, are manageable from a single pane of glass. The Barracuda NextGen Control Center significantly increases rollout speed while reducing the associated costs involved in deploying, managing, and monitoring tens, hundreds, or even thousands of remote NextGen Firewall F-Series devices.

The Barracuda NextGen Firewall X-Series is ideal for small to medium-sized organizations looking for a simple, yet powerful next-generation firewall that provides IPS, application detection, URL filter, malware protection and some basic email security. Designed for the resource-constrained IT professional, the X-Series’ intuitive web interface has a low learning curve while providing and easy-to-use management interface.